Buenos Aires, April 4 (NA)—What began as a meteoric political career from press spokesperson to Chief of Staff has now turned into a complex judicial labyrinth for Manuel Adorni. The official, who is preparing to compete in the Buenos Aires elections this year, now faces an investigation for alleged illicit enrichment that meticulously examines a web of unusual mortgages, private flights, and omissions in his sworn statements. The epicenter of the controversy, according to a note published today by the morning paper La Nacion and reproduced by the Argentine News Agency, is located in an apartment on Miró street, in the Caballito neighborhood. Tossi denounced harassment by Grandio to have invoices canceled and credit notes issued, also confirming that the payments were made in cash. In this context, Judge Ariel Lijo, in charge of Federal Court No. 4, issued a contact ban for Grandio towards the witness, while an attempt is made to determine if these trips constitute gifts or if they are part of a scheme of undeclared expenses. The professional has been summoned to testify by Prosecutor Pollicita to clarify the origin of the funds and the nature of her professional relationship with the Adorni-Angeletti couple. Private flights and the 'empty leg' of Punta del Este. Another focus of conflict is the link between Adorni and journalist Marcelo Grandio. A recurring name in the Chief of Staff's asset engineering is that of the notary Adriana Nechevenko, who intervened in both the Miró operation and the registration of a house in the Indio Cua country club, in Exaltación de la Cruz. This property, registered in the name of Adorni's wife, Bettina Angeletti, pays monthly expenses of $700,000, a figure that contrasts with the annual income declared by the official until March 2025. Official records of entries to the Casa Rosada reveal that Nechevenko visited the government headquarters on seven occasions between July 2024 and September 2025. 'The base price for the return was USD 4,800, but Grandio asked to use empty seats on the plane—the so-called 'empty leg'—to lower the cost to USD 3,000,' declared broker Agustín Issin before the justice system. Omissions in the international itinerary. Finally, the National Directorate of Migration provided data that contradicts the official's public statements regarding his travel history. The justice system is analyzing two private flights to Punta del Este that were billed to Grandio and his company, Imhouse. Claudia Bibiana Sabbo, who appears as an employee of a publishing house, appeared a month after the original purchase on the payroll of the 'Cultural Pass,' a City Government program for retirees with monthly earnings below $600,000. Prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita, head of the Federal Criminal and Correctional Prosecution Office No. 11, is investigating if these women acted as frontwomen for a hidden investor or if the operation is a maneuver to evade taxes and conceal the real origin of the funds. Links in Casa Rosada: The notary and the house in Indio Cua. The judicial investigation does not stop in Caballito. For now, the silence of the Chief of Staff in the face of the new revelations suggests a strategy of retreat while the justice system advances on invoices, transfers, and key testimonies. These omissions reinforce the hypothesis of a spending capacity much higher than formally declared. With the electoral campaign underway, the resolution of these patrimonial questions will be decisive not only for Manuel Adorni's judicial future but also for the ethical integrity of the administration he represents. While Adorni maintained that his only recreational outing in a year and a half was the trip to Uruguay, the records show an itinerary that includes Peru and Ecuador, with suspicions of a final destination on the island of Aruba. According to documents from the Real Property Registry accessed by the press, the nearly 200-square-meter property was acquired by Adorni for a declared amount of US$ 230,000. The striking aspect of the case is that 87% of that operation was financed by two women: Beatriz Alicia Viegas (72 years old) and Claudia Bibiana Sabbo (64 years old), who had purchased the property just six months earlier from former football player Hugo Morales for US$ 200,000. The inconsistency arises when analyzing the profiles of the 'financiers.' Although the Chief of Staff assured he paid 'his share,' there are no records of transfers to support that claim. The testimonial statement of Vanesa Tossi, an employee of the broker Jag Aviation, has complicated the situation.
